Edinburgh's Christmas 2009

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Nativity Scene

• St Andrew Square Gardens
• Sunday 29 November – Monday 4 January

Edinburgh’s much-loved Nativity Scene is in a new location this year, within the gardens of St Andrew Square. Visitors can take time to stand and contemplate the meaning of Christmas and enjoy Tim Chalk’s emotional sculpture.

The work was commissioned in 2003 to challenge pre-conceived ideas that many people have of a nativity scene. Tim Chalk’s aim was to attract attention and stimulate debate to encourage people to consider and perhaps reassess their assumptions. The sculpture aims to present a timeless universal image of dispossessed people sheltering in a derelict structure.

Edinburgh’s Christmas would like to extend special thanks to Sir Tom and Lady Farmer for the donation of the Nativity Scene.